Tag: House GOP
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Would Boehner break the “Hastert Rule” to avoid a shutdown?
At the time of this writing we’re right around 8 hours away from a government shutdown. The Senate was back in session to address the bill passed by the House over the weekend. The House bill delays, rather than defunds the Affordable Care Act for a year. The Senate tabled the motion, meaning that their…
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Not learning from history…
My Countdown If there’s one thing the House GOP leadership is good at doing, its creating a crisis where none should exist. The current ploy is to defund or delay the implementation of the Affordable Care act in exchange for avoiding a government shutdown. This, of course, is a non-starter with the President and the…
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The GOP Whine Fest
Over the past couple of days, I’ve been reading article after article about the GOP whine fest that’s going on in the House chambers right now. Essentially, this is a last ditch attempt by a small group of GOP faithful to put forth the impression that by not voting to allow additional drilling the Democratic…